MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7845
MotherboardMSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150519
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJun 29 '20 at 16:15
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.7% Excellent
Memory 96
1-Core 116
2-Core 200
81% 137 Pts
4-Core 462
8-Core 451
61% 456 Pts
64-Core 467
29% 467 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 118
Parallax 229
110% 161 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 130
Splatting 161
114% 136 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 109%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 501
Write 486
Mixed 352
99% 446 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 53.4
195% 69.6 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 177
184% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB
162GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 60 62 62 66 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
33.1% Below average
Read 51.7
Write 71.7
Mixed 93.9
SusWrite 62.1
53% 69.8 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 0.9
257% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 33.1%
Great: 63%
WL500GSA872 500GB
164GB free
Firmware: 05.04C05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 49 52 52 51 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
29.1% Poor
Read 50.4
Write 52.8
Mixed 37.9
SusWrite 50.3
35% 47.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 29.1%
Great: 53%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
72.1% Very good
MC Read 25.6
MC Write 26.7
MC Mixed 22.7
71% 25 GB/s
SC Read 19.2
SC Write 21.8
SC Mixed 23.4
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 54
74% 54 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 72%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) Builds (Compare 1,433 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 40%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) - $149

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $569
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